#SundayMorningBookChat for April. On my blog in honour of the Year of Reading I explored the genre of Adventure! What are your favourite adventure stories or series tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/t...

ICYMI! Tickets for the UK's biggest kids' books festival on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June are now on sale and if you haven't grabbed yours yet then these two really should be right on top of your list! ⬇️ ➡️🎟️ londonkidslitfest.org @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

It’s taken me a couple of weeks to read as I’ve been struggling with my energy, but I’ve finally finished the brilliant We Are Dragon by @alastairc.com. A superb conclusion to a fabulous series and I’ve particularly loved Rieka’s part of the story. Though Fillan and Kevin are also just a joy. ❤️

I’m hoping #Bluesky will be in more robust health for this today. 🤞 It’s been a bit of a week, made brighter with pockets of immense kindness. So for #KidsBooksFriday this week, I thought we could celebrate books that highlight the importance of kindness. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #Kindness

We have an incredible line-up of SEVEN author visits next week. Don't forget to sign up or watch along on our YouTube livestream. @4nikkolas.bsky.social @sairaswrites.bsky.social @tamsinwinterauthor.bsky.social @bethanwoollvin.bsky.social @deborahhocking.bsky.social

this #buyastrangerabook day offer from @dollyscrum.bsky.social is still unclaimed!

This #buyastrangerabook day offer from @humanaqvi.bsky.social is still unclaimed!

It's #buyastrangerabook day. If you'd like a book, but aren't sure what, let @melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kinda stuff you like reading. Melissa will offer you a choice of 4 books. Choose your favourite, Melissa will pay for it & I'll send it to you! Get in touch! UK only.

Want to raise some money for the UK Wild Otter Trust? Perhaps you know a child who would like a book and a cuddly toy to hug while they read it. Make a bid! Jakubs Otter Book signed by Coral and a Beautiful plush Soft Otter www.jumblebee.co.uk/ukwotspringa...

In today's Author Spotlight video, Saira Shah tells us about 'Super Nani and Captain Yaz' - her charming picture book about bridging a communication gap across a generational divide... @sairaswrites.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social youtu.be/LIARqMcn_N4?...

Day 3 of Whisky’s WE ARE DRAGON bookshop tour and today we’re at #TheEdinburghBookShop, complete with incredible window display – check out the awesomeness! 😎 #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf @nosycrow.bsky.social #BookstagramUk #KidLitUk #WhiskyTheDog

School librarians! I would like to buy you a copy of this. First to reply gets it :) Pls RT as I don't know how many school librarians follow me.

For #KidsBooksFriday this week I wanted to highlight books that are perfect for the chronically underserved 12-14 age group. What great books would you encourage kids to seek out at this age? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Today's Read to the Beat! recommendation is a book that never fails to move a class. Birdsong, written by Katya Balen and illustrated by Richard Johnson, is really special. Published by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social, it's a triumph. Not a word is wasted. It's lyrical, empathetic and heartbreaking.

It’s publication day for WE ARE DRAGON, by #WhiskyTheDog (and me!) 🐉🐉🐉 @nosycrow.bsky.social #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf #KidLitUk

Without knowing much about the Artemis program, I turned the radio on just after they lifted off. I find space fascinating and scary in equal measure but thought we needed some books to celebrate in the school library. I hope these will inspire future scientists! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day! The grooviest day of all. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

I LOVE working with @nosycrow.bsky.social! 😍 From concept-bashing to editing, proof-reading to cover design, sales, publicity, audiobooks, a hundred things in between – everyone there is brilliant and enthusiastic. Looking forward to seeing you at the London launch! #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf #kidlituk

I'm blown away to see these books together. All three were designed by #RayTierney and illustrated by #karitasart, and they look phenomenal! #WeAreDragon arrives this Thursday, so pre-order if you can from any good bookshop. I hope you enjoy the finale! #IAmWolf @nosycrow.bsky.social #kidlituk

Cover art never gets the credit it deserves. Particularly given it literally sells the book. And you often need to look hard to find the illustrator. Maybe I’ll do a week where we just celebrate cover art at some point. 🤔

This #buyastrangerabook offer is still unclaimed! @evieweeviewoo.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15! So, if there's a particular book you're after (not just what's on my website), let us know. UK only

OOH long awaited #WeAreDragon by @alastairc.com is a cracking finale in the #IAmRaven series Corrupt AI ✔️ Brainwashed People ✔️ Feisty Heroes ✔️ A Flight of Dragons ✔️ Swarms of Wild Ants ✔️ = a ton of adventure Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jacob Souva, making technology pretty, in Whirby, a picturebook by Molly Harris about a robot who learns how not to burn out (with a routine of enough reading, rest and sleep). Harper Collins Children’s Books 26 March. @harpercollins.bsky.social @jacobsouva.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Spread by Polly Dunbar from The Adventures of Portly the Otter: Untold Tales From The Wind in the Willows, by M G Leonard. Portly (bottom right) spies on weasels, sly-eyed and exuberant, partying by moonlight in the Wild Wood. Farshore 26 March. @farshorebooks.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Charles Santoso from Kobi Yamada’s beautiful picturebook Others, about our common humanity. It refutes the othering of people from elsewhere/beyond the hedge, seen here as wrongly imagined. Ten Speed Press 31 March. @tenspeedpress.bsky.social @charlessantoso.bsky.social

There’s been a lot of chat about suggestions for alternative kids’ magical book series the past few days. I thought using #KidsBooksFriday might be a constructive way of having lots of suggestions in one place. What magical book series for kids would your recommend? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Excited to be taking part in this event. Delighted that Running My Own Race has been shortlisted for the Spark School Book Awards!

Looking forward to this!

It was great meeting some young readers this morning! Here's the drawing I made on-screen while @rikworth.bsky.social and I talked about making our Egypt comic. Thanks @sparkbookaward.bsky.social!

We had a fantastic event with @rikworth.bsky.social & @jordancollver.bsky.social on Monday, and we heard all about 'Pets Tell Tales', shortlisted in our non-fiction category. Here's Rik to tell us a bit more about the animals of Ancient Egypt in his author spotlight video: youtu.be/NpU8TAN4-EI?...

Hey book fans! Here's some more #buyastrangerabook day action. @humanaqvi.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £15! So, if there's a particular book you're after, just ask. UK only

Let me dust off this thread for no particular reason.

*vibrates with high enough intensity to shatter glass* YALL. How'd I miss the preorder date pop up for the conclusion to one of my favorite series?? I'm SO HYPED!!Look at this BEAUTIFUL cover ahhhh 😭 Splinter and Ash by @mariekeyn.bsky.social has literally been life changing as somebody with hEDS😭💕

We had a brilliant time on Monday chatting to Abena Eyeson about her shortlisted book, 'Running My Own Race'. Here she is introducing the book in her author spotlight video... @eyesab2.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social youtu.be/nkBxIVR6748?...

It's today!

The time has come to bring you the 2026 UKLA Book Awards Shortlist! This year's list features a range of accessible and inclusive titles that really encourage reading for pleasure. Find out more here: ukla.org/ukla-book-aw... #kidslit #bookawards

Exciting news – REEK has been shortlisted for the #UKLA Book awards 2026, woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉. Good luck to all the amazing shortlistees! Read more: ukla.org/ukla-book-aw... @uklitassociation.bsky.social #Reek @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @caltsoudas.bsky.social #KidLitUk

Exciting News! Our Main Pupil Competition is now open and we can't wait to see your creative responses to the shortlisted books. There's a poster available in our resources folder & more details to follow via email. (The Poetry Competition winners will be announced soon!) ✨📚🏆

We've got one last author visit lined up before the Easter holidays...don't miss Jules Howard talking about his brilliant book 'Choose You Own Evolution' at 11am on Friday. Sign up via the link on the Online Author Visit Schedule... @juleshoward.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

When I first read I Am Wolf by @alastairc.com, I started it with some trepidation because I wasn’t sure it could live up to his other sci-fi books. How wrong I was! I’m sad to have to say goodbye to all the brilliant characters but We Are Dragon is a beautiful end to the trilogy. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

Morning all and time for a #SundayMorningBookChat in honour of #TheYearOfReading I am writing a monthly blog with recommendations, teacher tips and genre spotlight. This month its fantasy… what are your favourites? Heres the blog to check out. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/t...

Here is my March newsletter in celebration of the Year of Reading! Celebrating the vast and eclectic genre of fantasy for children with some teacher resource and ideas also! Check it out and tell me what you think. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/t...

Monday is a busy day for Spark! Online Author Visits! We'll be talking to not 1 but 3 authors & an illustrator. Sign up & send in your questions now for @eyesab2.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social & @darrensimpson44.bsky.social via the link on the Author Event Schedule.

Hi Simon! I’ve submitted a petition to the U.K. government to stop book bans based on protected characteristics and to protect teachers and librarians. I hope it will be approved and will let you know. My last one to decriminalise abortion did very well! We can make a difference!

UK authors - I urge you to read this article about a school in Manchester who removed hundreds of our books from their library they deemed ‘inappropriate’ and share. This is appalling censorship - and it’s coming from the school’s head and SLT themselves. @indexoncensorship.org

When the world is so filled with real life rogues, funnelling our anger towards a fictional villain can be quite cathartic, especially when they get their comeuppance. Who do you reckon are the best/most memorable kids book baddies? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

I’m going for Mrs Coulter and Lord Asriel - two of the worst parents/ villains ever!!

If you don't want a free book via #buyastrangerabook day, cos you don't think you ought to, I tell you what. Why don't you buy a book from me instead. I bet that'd make you feel good, wouldn't it? Just let me know what you'd like and i'll take your money, instead of you getting it for free.

Hey we don't know about you, but we can't get enough of our epic new poster for 2026 by THE @jamiesmart.bsky.social Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June, here we come! londonkidslitfest.org

🐉 DRAGON IS COMING! 🐉 #WeAreDragon arrives in April. It's the finale of the #IAmWolf series, with everything turned up to eleven – it all ends here! And now you can read it on NetGalley, so follow the link to apply… 👉 www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book... #NetGalley @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk